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Book Review: “Some Day” — A Memorable First Novel about Waiting for Love

November 16, 2013
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In “Some Day,” Shemi Zarhin has masterfully woven together a tangle of bittersweet tales and elusive dreams. it is a book that is a pleasure to read and reread.

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Stage Interview: Antonio Ocampo-Guzman on Directing a Tragicomic “Art”

January 23, 2012
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In “Art,” playwright Yasmina Reza uses theater to explore how powerfully we defend our fears and rationalizations.

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Music Preview: Saxophonist Grace Kelly — On Jazz and Beyond

May 19, 2016
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“My hope is that in the near future the mainstream music pendulum will swing much more heavily towards giving jazz the attention it deserves.”

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Book Review: “This Isn’t Happening: Radiohead’s “Kid A”” — An Enduring Soundtrack for our Malaise

December 24, 2020
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Steven Hyden’s ,/em>This Isn’t Happening, a book-length appreciation of Radiohead and Kid A is one of the best books I read all year.

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Book Review: “Women in the World of Frederick Douglass” — Crucial Partners

June 25, 2017
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Focusing on these indomitable and sometimes troubling women, Fought has written an engaging book that is compelling, sometimes even fierce.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World — September 18

September 18, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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The Arts on Stamps of the World —October 8

October 8, 2017
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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

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Theater Review: “A Case for the Existence of God” — Cry Hallelujah

January 30, 2024
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In terms of the joy that theater can provide, this Speakeasy Stage production sets the bar high.

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Theater Interview: Wordsmiths Strike Back — The Poets’ Theatre Redux

September 6, 2014
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We intend to stage work by all the living American poets we can lure into our sphere: starting right here in Cambridge.

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Book Review: “Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry” — Into a New Clearing

February 18, 2025
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Besides giving us a multi-faceted portrait of Robert Frost that leaves the poet tantalizingly inscrutable, Adam Plunkett does what the best biographers of great writers do: send us back to the work with renewed curiosity and heightened appreciation.

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